Lord Philip Norton of Louth, Professor of Government at the University of Hull will deliver the third Bingham Lecture in Constitutional Studies on 16 May at 5.30 p.m. in the lecture theatre in the Manor Road Building Oxford, OX1 3UQ. The title of the lecture will be ‘Is the House of Commons Too Powerful?’ A reception will follow.

Lord Norton is one of the leading experts on the constitution of the United Kingdom. Since 2008, with Baroness Deech, Lord Hylton and others, he has written for Lords of the Blog, a blog about life and work in the House of Lords. He has served as chair of the House of Lords Constitution Committee and has authored numerous scholarly works on the constitutional subjects, including the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011, Parliament and Human Rights and the future of Conservatism. He tweets as @LordNortonLouth.